| 英语单词 | saunter |
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| 英美音标 | 英 ['sɔːntə(r)] 美 ['sɔːntər] |
| 中文释义 | v.闲逛;漫步 n.闲逛;漫步 |
| 英语例句 | (1) He sauntered by with his hands in his pockets. (2) Sometimes in the summer my wife and I saunter there in the cool of the evening. (3) This part of the route should be an easy saunter. (4) Let's go for a saunter along the river. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 他双手插在口袋里悠闲地走了过去。 (2) 在夏日,内子和我有时会在黄昏阴凉时分到那里散步。 (3) 这段路想必好走。 (4) 我们沿着河走走吧。 |
| vocabulary简明 | To saunter is to stroll at a leisurely pace. The next time someone accuses you of dragging your feet and asks you to speed it up, calmly tell them that you’re perfecting your saunter. |
| vocabulary扩展 | A verb of unconfirmed origin, saunter means to “walk with a leisurely gait.” As a noun, saunter describes that leisurely gait. Henry David Thoreau once said “it is a great art to saunter.” So while crossing a busy street may not be the best time to test out your sauntering abilities, feel free to practice when you're not in a hurry. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [VERB 动词]闲逛;漫步 If you saunter somewhere, you walk there in a slow, casual way. [V prep/adv]
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